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Feb 7, 2013 at 11:40 AM

The Providence Preservation Society's executive director, James Brayton Hall, is moving on. On Thursday, Hall announced that he was leaving the organization to become deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla

Bill Van Siclen Journal Arts Writer billvans8

The Providence Preservation Society's executive director, James Brayton Hall, is moving on. On Thursday, Hall announced that he was leaving the organization to become deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla.

The move will reunite Hall with Hope Alswang, the former RISD Museum director who has led the Norton since 2010. Hall worked for Alswang at RISD.

"It's not something that I was intending to do," Hall said. "I really thought I'd be here for a long time. But as I've been telling people, there are some times in you're life where something unexpected comes along and you just go with it."

Before joining PPS in 2010, Hall was assistant director of the RISD Museum. He will remain with the society through mid-March.